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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

KRON: Thieves in San Rafael impersonating federal agents, according to police

KRON: ‘Bad Breath Rapist’ caught in East Bay after 16 years at large

KQED: Cal State System Could Face Additional $500 Million Deficit Amid Scaled-Back State Aid and Salary Increases

Oregon Public Broadcasting: West Coast universities launch new Pacific offshore wind collaborative

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Douglas fir die-off in Southern Oregon gives a glimpse into the future of West Coast forests

Sacramento Bee: RareNorth Pacific Right whale approaches scientists’ boat off CA coast and lingers for 20 minutes

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Mussels harvested from northern Oregon Coast linked to sickening of 20 people

LA Times: Where does L.A.’s leftover produce go? This group helps get tons to the hungry every day

LA Times: Tree-killing beetle is on a death march through Southern California’s oaks. Can it be stopped?

LA Times: Who else was stealing? Conspiracy plea deepens mystery in San Joaquin Valley water heist

SFGate: The Grateful Dead mourns the loss of Bill Walton in moving tributes

Marin Independent Journal: Novato police probe beating at middle school

East Bay Times: Suspect in East Bay rape of girl more than 20 years ago arrested in Idaho

KRON: ‘Rarest of whales’ spotted near Point Reyes

San Jose Mercury News: One of every five new homes built in California last year was an ADU

NY Times : Dead Monkeys Are Falling From Trees Amid Brutal Heat in Mexico

Sunday, May 26, 2024

The Verge: EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator

the Atlantic: Don’t Read This If You Love Oysters

AP News: Gunman arrested after wounding 5 people in Los Angeles area home, firing at helicopter, police say

The Guardian: Israeli airstrike kills 35 in Rafah after Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv

KPTV: At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path of ruin across multiple states in the South

KOMO : On remote trail, man stumbles upon heavy, mysterious object possibly from outer space

Seattle Times: Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza

KTLA: Johnny Wactor of ‘General Hospital’ shot and killed in DTLA during catalytic converter theft

KTLA: Santa Monica pottery studio responds after video surfaces of employees dumping glaze in storm drain

AP News: General Sherman passes health check but world’s largest trees face growing climate threats

NPR: Witnessing the spectacle of synchronous fireflies is ‘like magic’

KQED: Advocates for Legalized Psychedelics in California Plan a Ballot Measure Push

Washington Post: How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business

NY Times: Biden Wants to Bring Big Dreams Back to Rural America

Washington Post: Flamboyant flocks of flamingos are finally dotting Florida’s coastline again

Washington Post: Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents

Reuters: Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention

AP News: Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says

AP News: Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal

The Guardian: America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’

Courthouse News Service: Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away

Courthouse News Service: California’s fiscal watchdog sees positive signs in deficit reduction

Courthouse News Service: Napa winemakers brush off concerns of decline

Courthouse News Service: Chinese billionaire bilked investors of over $1 billion, prosecutors say as fraud trial opens

Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘Superabundant’: Oregon’s golden chanterelle refuses to be tamed

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Klamath River water improving, according to California water board

The Oregonian: Source of tar-like substance washing up on Oregon beaches continues to elude investigators

Texas Monthly: The Lost World of 1970s Black Rodeo

Smithsonian Magazine: A New Airline for Dogs Takes Flight

Smithsonian Magazine: Austrian Man Discovers Hundreds of Mammoth Bones While Renovating His Wine Cellar

BBC: The drought that forced a Himalayan village in Nepal to relocate

BBC: Turbulence on Doha-Dublin flight leaves 12 injured

BBC: Mandatory national service would 'get young people out of their bubble'

BBC: Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv area